N07716 Nickel vs. EN 1.7221 Steel
N07716 nickel belongs to the nickel alloys classification, while EN 1.7221 steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 29 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (4, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is N07716 nickel and the bottom bar is EN 1.7221 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 34 | |
| 11 to 17 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 690 | |
| 290 to 390 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 78 | |
| 73 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 860 | |
| 650 to 780 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 350 | |
| 430 to 630 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 320 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 980 | |
| 420 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1480 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1430 | |
| 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 440 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 11 | |
| 44 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 13 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 1.4 | |
| 7.3 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 1.5 | |
| 8.4 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 75 | |
| 2.4 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.5 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 13 | |
| 1.5 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 190 | |
| 20 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 280 | |
| 51 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 240 | |
| 83 to 98 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 300 | |
| 490 to 1050 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 23 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 28 | |
| 23 to 27 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 21 to 24 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 2.8 | |
| 12 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 24 | |
| 19 to 23 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.35 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0.22 to 0.29 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 19 to 22 | |
| 0.8 to 1.2 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 11.3 | |
| 96.8 to 98.3 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0.5 to 0.8 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 7.0 to 9.5 | |
| 0.15 to 0.3 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 59 to 63 | |
| 0 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 2.8 to 4.0 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 to 0.6 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 1.0 to 1.6 | |
| 0 |